Yes, absolutely.
Clearly, it's a benefit to both unionized workers and non-unionized workers to have a booming resource sector in our country. What I don't understand—and I'm trying to wrap my mind around this—is this whole concept of closed-shop tendering. Maybe, Mr. Taylor, you could jump in on this.
We used to read about this, I remember, in university. We learned about the Soviet Union. They had these lists called “protectia”. The workers would have to get on these lists in order to be eligible to work.
How did we get to the place we are now, where 70% of Canada's workers are being excluded because they're not on a union list? How did we get to this point?